I love Bend, but this sub has become an echo chamber for the deranged Covid Cult, CONSTANTLY obsessing about it. Most won't watch this and I expect to get downvoted and banned for even posting this, which just proves that it is indeed a cult.

I don't agree with your video at all, but you have a point, this sub for sure is very whiny, finger wagging, one sided and negative (myself apparently included). All views not agreeing with the lefty agenda are downvoted immediately, while redditors are supposed to downvote comments that don't add to the discussion, not comments that you just disagree with. And I'm saying this as a middle of the road never Trumper, not a right leaning person. I get my information from talk radio (yes, right leaning), NPR and the NYT, so I think I am fairly evenly informed, but people on here apparently only watch CNN. I recently had to create a new account because I gave away too much personal information on a different sub, and it's freeing to have an account where you just don't care about downvotes or upvotes. I mean, would I care if the people on here approved of me if I met them in person? Probably not, not my crowd. But, it still is a good source for local info, just use it for that. And you can change things by upvoting differing, interesting opinions yourself, not just the ones you agree with, otherwise it's just the regular crew downvoting everything they disagree with.

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